April

[aˈpʁɪl]

/[aˈpʁɪl]/ noun

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The verdict

“April” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #666. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#666
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der vierte Monat des Gregorianischen Kalenders

Corpus desk

Index DE-april · April · German

April · rank #666 · 7 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #666
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH wahrscheinlich

Nearest frequency peer: wahrscheinlich (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „April“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „April“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

April vs Ari
60% similar
April vs Arie
60% similar
April vs aria
40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for April
PropertyValue
HeadwordApril
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[aˈpʁɪl]
Letters5
Frequency rank#666
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „April“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Aprilliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „wahrscheinlich“ (#665), „deiner“ (#667), „einigen“ (#668). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „April“ bei #666. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around April (IPA [aˈpʁɪl]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #666 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "der vierte Monat des Gregorianischen Kalenders".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for April, with forms such as "apirl", "appril", and "aprill". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "Ari", "Arie", "aria", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is April, spelled A-P-R-I-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    der vierte Monat des Gregorianischen Kalenders

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how April appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Der April folgt auf den März.
  2. „Seit Mitte April wurden allen vier Milliarden Dollar aus Anleihenfonds der Schwellenländer abgezogen.“

Synonyms

VierterLauningGrasmondOstermonatOstermondWandelmonat

Antonyms

JanuarJännerFebruarFeberMärzMaiJuniJuliAugustSeptemberOktoberNovemberDezember

This word in other languages

April(English)abril(Español)avril(Français)abril(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apirl
  • appril
  • aprill
  • aprli
  • aprril
  • arpil
  • paril

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of April - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

apirl2appril1aprill1aprli2aprril1arpil2paril2
Edit distance from "April"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "April"?
"April" is spelled A-P-R-I-L. The IPA pronunciation is [aˈpʁɪl].
What does "April" mean?
As a noun, "April" means: der vierte Monat des Gregorianischen Kalenders
What words are commonly confused with "April"?
"April" is commonly confused with "Ari", "Arie", "aria". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "April"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "April" is [aˈpʁɪl]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "April" come from?
"April" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "April", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Mitte#660Peter#674video#654sechs#650

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

deiner7 variantsPartei7 variantsSuche7 variantshören7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list